HOSKINSON, Riley M b. Jan 26 1819 Monongalia Co., WV d. 7 Nov 1905 Hoopeston, Vermilion Co., IL

Fisher Family Genealogy

1819 - 1905

Name	HOSKINSON, Riley M [1]
Name	From Riley's obit: "Riley M. Hoskinson was born in Monongalia County, West Virginia, January 26, 1819. At the age of nineteen he was converted and joined the Presbyterian church. He was united in marriage to Martha Fisher in Westmoreland-County, Penn, Nov. 2, 1841. To them were \| burn eight children, seven of whom are still living. Stuart F.. the oldest, with whom he made bis home in this city; Mr. Eliza J. Freeman, Lafayette, Oregon, Mrs. Sarah E, Kirkban, Prineville, Oregon: Mrs C. A. McCabe, Neodesho, Kansas Mrs. Mary E. Amy, who died in Louisiana several years ago; Mrs Ida L. Anderson, Port Blakeley Washington; William C. Winslow, Washington; Geo. W. Meeker, Camp Meeker, California. In 1853 they moved from Pennsylvania to Rushville, Ill, He enlisted in the army of the North in 1861, in 1862 which he served as commissary sergeant with the 73 Illinois until the close of the war. In 1866 he and his family moved to Auburn Kansas. In 1876 they moved to Coverdale, California, thence to Washington, and settled in what is now known as Eagle Harbor, being the second to build in that place. In 1889 he moved to the state of Georgia, where his wife died seven years ago. He came to Hoopeston with his son in 1902. Mr. Hoskinson has lived a consistent christian since his conversion sixty-eight years ago. His early membership was with the Presbyterian church; while he and his family lived in Pennsylvania and Illinois they allied themselves with the M. E. church. After moving to California they united with the Congregational church, and while at Eagle Harbor, he organized Sunday school that afterwards grew to be a very strong Congregational church When he came to Hoopeston he united with the Presbyterian church. Mr. Hoskinson joined the Odd Fellows in 1831 of which he has been a member ever since. He also joined the Masons in the army camp in 1863 of which he was still a member. (The Martha Fisher mentioned above as the wife of Mr. Hoskinson, was a sister of John Fisher of this city, now deceased, and'a half sister of Abel and Thomas Fisher, both residents of Blandinsville, and Matthias Fisher of Novelty, Mo.--Ed.)"
Birth	Jan 26 1819	Monongalia Co., WV [1]
CENSUS	16 Sep 1850	Derry Township. Westmoreland Co., PA [2]
	Occupation: mason Value of Real estate: $300
		1850 US Census: Derry Township, Westmoreland Co., PA, p 402
OCCU	ca. 1853	Pennsylvania [3]
OCCU	Teacher - While listed as a mason in the 1850 census, this letter to the Pennsylvania School Journal from 1853, indicates that Riley was also teaching as early as 1853. The letter records how he learned his playful approach to teaching the alphabet at the Conemaugh Teachers Institute.
CENSUS	1855	Rushville, Schuyler Co., IL [4]
	Males 10-20: 1 (Stuart); 30-40:1 (Riley) Females under 10: 4 (Sarah, Clarissa, Mary, Ida) ; 10-20:1 (Eliza); 30-40: 1 (Martha) Total: 8; Militia: 1 (Riley) No other info listed
		1855 Illinois State Census: Rushville Township, Schuyler Co., IL, p 142-143
OCCU	1857-1859	Rushville, Schuyler Co., IL [5]
OCCU	Teacher - Riley continues teaching after moving to Illinois ca. 1855 as chronicled in The Illinois Teacher. In Vol. III - 1857, he recounts his struggle to become a teacher and presents his philosophy of teaching in three letters or "Experiences" to the editor. In Experience II we see Riley sharing with his Illinois colleagues his approach to teaching the alphabet from his 1853 letter to the Pennsylvania School Journal. Vol. IV - 1858 includes an encounter between a state agent of the Illinois Education Association, Riley and his students at the Sabbath-School Celebration in Rushville, IL where Riley is described as "long a teacher of this village" and the children as "brimming over with happiness." In Vol. V - 1859, Riley is Secretary of the Schuyler County Teachers' Institute, when some historic issues are resolved. See the following excerpts The Illinois Teacher for details.
CENSUS	21 Aug 1860	Rushville, Schuyler Co., IL [6]
	Occupation: stone mason Value of real estate: $1000 Value of personal property: $200
		1860 US Census: Rushville, Schuyler Co., IL, p 332
MILI	Jul 1863	Rushville, Schuyler Co., IL [7]
	Occupation: stone mason 73 Reg Ill Inf Co G
		Consolidated listing Civil War Draft: Rushville Township, McDonough Co., IL, p 179
CENSUS	1865	Rushville, Schuyler Co., IL [8]
	Entry reads - Age 10 and under: M-2, F-1; age 10-20: F-3; age 20-30: M-1, F-1, age 30-40: 0; age 40-50: M-1, F-1; (no one older); Total: M-4, F-6; No. of males 18-45 subject to military duty: 1; value of live stock: $25; (no other entries)
		1865 Illinois State Census: Rushville, Schuyler Co., IL, p 14
MILI	4 Aug 1862 - 12 Jun 1865 [9, 10]
MILI	Civil War, Commissary Sergeant 73rd Illinois Infantry - The most notable event of Riley's service in the Civil War is chronicled in this letter to his wife. It tells of Riley and his son Stuart's service at the Battle of Chickamauga, GA, their capture by the Confederate Army, escape and flight across Lookout Mountain to the Union Army at Chattanooga, TN. Portions of the letter are also found in The Preacher Regiment, which chronicles the 73rd Illinois Infantry's service in the Civil War. Riley and son Stuart are written of several times in this text. See The Preacher Regiment link for details and period photos from locations where Riley and his son fought, were captured and escaped.
CENSUS	28 Jul 1870	Burlingame Township, Osage Co., KS [11]
	Edith Garrison apparently adopted by Riley and Martha (Fisher) Hoskinson because she is found living with the family at age two in this census and travels with the family from this census on. Occupation: farmer Value of real estate: $8000 Value of personal property: $1150
		1870 US Census: Burlingame Township, Osage Co., KS, p 22
EVENT	8 Feb 1871	Burlingame, Osage Co., KS [12]
EVENT		Hoskinson land purchase 1871 "NOTICE is hereby, given that I will offer for sale at public auction, at the door of the Court House in Burlingame, on the 11th day of March, between the hours of 10 o'clock a m and 2 o'clock p m the following real estate to wit: the s w qr (1-4) of s e qr (1-4) of sec seven (7) of t 14 r 14 taken as the property of A W Akers, on an execution in favor of S F and R M Hoskinson, for the sum of $67,66, and $10,75 costs, for work and labor done, and improvements made up on said real estate...Given nuder my hand on this 8th day of February, A D 1871. A. W. HOOVER, Sheriff."
EVENT	18 May 1871	Burlingame, Osage Co., KS [13]
EVENT		A bumper crop of peaches 1871 "R. M. Hoskinson left a twig of a peach tree hanging in the book store, which held 67 well formed peaches. He has forty trees, with every branch as full as the above specimen."
EVENT	1 May 1872	Burlingame Township, Osage Co., KS
EVENT		R. M. Hoskinson tree farm 1872 What sounds like an exaggeration with regard to number to trees, the sale notice below proves true. Riley was a lover of trees, fruit in particular, planting a a few thousand on his farm in Osage Co., KS and later on his homestead in Kitsap Co., WA. "R. M. Hoskinson, of Burlingame, has planted several I thousand trees upon his prairie farm among which are oak, walnut, soft maple, elm, white ash, sycamore, calapala, white and yellow willow, mulberry and cottonwood. Many of his cottonwoods are now about thirty feet high and six inches in diameter."
EVENT	21 Aug 1874	Burlingame Township, Osage Co., KS [14]
EVENT		Plague of grasshoppers 1874 Riley Hoskinson relates the impact of an plague of grasshoppers on Burlingame Township and his beautiful farm. Suspect this plague caused the Hoskinson's to sell heir farm and move to the West Coast in 1876. "They came to this neighborhood on Wednesday, Aug. 11, in countless millions: and such is their voracity that in few hours time desolation reigns supreme. Having had but one and a half inches of rain since the 1tth of June, the corn crop, (what little was left by the chinch bugs,) was very light, and now there none; all is gone, even the stalks that would have made winter feed are being devoured. Their mission seems to be expressly the destruction of man's labor, they pay little or no attention to any thing growing wild. "Their whole nature seems bent on the destruction of fruit trees, grain and vegetables. Nearly all the young fruit trees are now as bare of leaves as if it were mid-winter. The peach and apple crop is being rapidly devoured, while all the cabbage tribe, parsnips, onions, sweet and Irish potatos, and all kinds of cultivated flowers, are now gone or rapidly going. All the northwest portion of this county is in ruins."
EVENT	18 Dec 1874	Burlingame, Osage Co., KS [15]
		Riley Hoskinson weather report Osage Co., KS 1874 Riley apparently began taking measurements and reporting the weather Osage Co., KS in the early 187Os. "Through the kindness of Mr. R. M. Hoskinson, we are enabled to give our readers the following meterological report for November: Maximum heat during the during month. (6th and 7th, at noon.) 76° ; greatest cold. (20th) 29. at sunrise; total rain fall. 1.55 inches. Three snows fell during the month-in all, 18 inches--making 3.05 inches of water. The average temperature during the month was 41.90." When he moves to Kitsap Co., WA, Riley becomes the first observer/reporter of the weather in the Pacific Northwest. See example of his reporting from his homestead at Port Blakeley, WA below.
		The grasshopperized people of the Hoskinson neighborhood 1874 "A car-load of provisions, consisting of corn, flour, the generous gift of friends in Illinois. arrived at. Burlingame a few days ago tor the grasshopperized people of the Hoskinson neighborhood."
CENSUS	01 Mar 1875	Burlingame Township, Osage Co., KS [16]
CENSUS		1875 Kansas State Census: Burlingame Township, Osage Co., KS, p 40
EVENT	5 Nov 1875	Burlingame Township, Osage Co., KS [17]
EVENT		Hoskinson farm for sale 1876 R. M. and Martha Hoskinson put their farm up for sale in preparation for move west. The place sounds almost magical. The land is the same in part purchased at auction in article above. "This farm is situated seven miles northwest of Burlingame, and consists of 108 acres. (se ½ of s7, t14, r14.) 12 or which is timber land; the Wakarusa creek runs through the north end; has two good wells of water and any amount of water can be got at from 10 to 20 feet; has about three miles of excellent hedge fence around and through it, 96 acres enclosed; about 70 acres under cultivation; about 600 apple trees. mostly bearing: 200 bearing peach trees, all of the best of fruit; besides these there are plum, cherry, pear, quince, grape, blackberry, raspberry, strawberry, and numerous other trees, vines and shrubbery too tedious to mention; also an extensive and excellent stone quarry, easy of access; large and commodius coral for cattle enclosed with stone wall; some 2,000 ornamental trees, such as Cottonwood, Maple, Ash, Box, Sycamore, Elm, Silver Leaf and Willow; also good log dwelling house, 20x20 feet, 1 1/2 stories high, with one-story frame kitchen, 15x20 feet attached; cellar under the whole with rock bottom; stone chicken house. 10x20 feet; log stable, 15x20 feet; stone pig pen; frame corn crib, 9x18 ft. Said farm has a public road on east and south sides. Has now on it about 30 acres in corn, all mature, part of which will make 50 bu per acre; also 1 good wagon; 4 plows; 1 harrow; 3 sets harness, besides hoes, shovels, spades, rakes, forks, axes, stone tools, &c, also our half of the increase of a lot of cattle, and 5 horse beasts; some 15 tons of Hungarian and 40 tons of prairie hay, together with all our household and kitchen furniture, excepting only bedding clothing, books and pictures. Will sell the whole for $2,700....RILEY M HOSKINSON, MARTHA HOSKINSON"
EVENT	28 Sep 1876	Burlingame Township, Osage Co., KS [18]
EVENT		R M Hoskinson sells farm 1876 Took almost a year to find a buyer after posting for sale in Nov 1875. Also appears the buyer, Mr. Beckus, only wanted the land, not the household goods, equipment and livestock which the Hoskinson's had to auction: "-Mr. R. M. Hoskinson, living seven miles northwest of Burlingame, has sold his place to F. B. Beckus, of this county, and will shortly leave for Oregon, where he intends to make his home hereafter. He will offer for sale on the 10th of October all his household goods, farming implements and stock at reasonable terms.
EVENT	Oct 1876	Cloverdale, Sonoma Co., CA [19]
	Riley and Martha Hoskinson left Kansas after selling their farm, likely sometime in Oct or early Nov 1876, to settle in Cloverdale, Sonoma Co., CA. Why this place? Not sure. Riley wrote at least three letters to the editor of his former hometown newspaper, The Osage County Chronicle, from California. The first letter published in the Dec 14, 1876 edition tells of their trip from Kansas to California - It cost roughly $70 to make the trip via the Transcontinental railroad to San Francisco, and then steamer, railroad and wagon to Cloverdale. The second letter published immediately following the first describes the community and state of agricultural around Cloverdale - "We like it exceedingly well." The second letter closes with Riley's summary of weather conditions - "Since here it has rained about two inches. Greatest cold, Nov. 30-34 degs.; greatest heat, same day, noon--79 degs.; Average temperature, 57 degs."
		Letter from California 1876 Written to his hometown newspaper, The Osage County Chronicle, Riley Hoskinson tells of his and wife Martha's journey from Osage Co., KS to a new home in Cloverdale, Somona Co., CA. The trip cost the two of them roughly $70 and was quite pleasant: "From Topeka to Omaha, $11.00; from Omaha to San Francisco, on the Emigrant Train, $45.00; from "Frisco" by steamer and railroad to Coverdale, $4.25 each. The arrangements for emigrants are admirable. At Omaha the Railroad Compa- ny have a large house called the Emigrant House, where all are cared for in excel- lent style, at $1.00 per day. Here the names of all are taken that have procured tickets: and then all are mustered near the cars, and as each family or individual is called, they, or he, are placed in one of the cars, and each passenger allowed one entire seat, which must be kept till they reach Ogden, when they are changed into cars from California, in the same manner as before. On reaching Sacramento, Cal., the same nice arrangement takes place in the transfer from cars to steamer. Plenty of food, dry wood, and excellent water are furnished the entire route. Provisions plenty, to be had at most all the stopping places, and mostly at reasonable rates. Where two or more persons go together they can purchase a kind of cushion that just fills the space between the seats, and thus make a comfortable bed. Thus we found the trip quite pleasfortable (the last word likely a typo by the editor)." The final stage of the journey "...we took stage 65 miles to Albion, situated on the Ocean shore; went by wagon 10 miles out into the Red Wood region; found our children all well, and busy making railroad ties out of those monster trees, many of which are 14 feet in diameter, and 300 feet high. I helped measure one that was 45 feet around.....Splitting out and hauling railroad ties pays tolerably well, but is very hard work."
		Letter from California - 2 1876 In this letter published in The Osage County Chronicle immediately following his first letter to the editor, Riley Hoskinson describes the community and state of agricultural in his new home of Cloverdale, Somona Co., CA: "I find everything OVERDONE. Most all the trades and professions are in this condition. Merchandising in all its various branches is quite overdone. Vine culture is entirely overdone. Grapes by tons, and of the finest quality are now wasting in the vineyards, and are common stock to any one who wants them. Excellent apples sell at 1 1/2 cents per lb. The best of wine sells at 20 cents per gallon. Provisions of all kinds are as cheap as with you, except butter, eggs and chickens. Butter is 50 cents per pound: eggs, 45 to 60 cents per dozen; chickens from $6 to $9 per dozen....Farming here pays well, as there are but few destructive insects to disturb the crops. Wheat is being sown now, and I am told, will be sown all winter. Some are planting out trees, some making garden, etc. The weather is most delightfully pleasant - no freeze - no wind - flowers of all kinds in profusion. We have excellent church and school privileges. Society of the best. The kindness so far shown us has exceeded all our expectations. We feel perfectly at ease. We have no need to be homesick. In short, we are contented and happy as it seems possible for human beings to be." Riley's opinion of California would swing very negative over the next 4 months. In May 1977, he and wife Martha would leave California for the Washington Territory.
EVENT	Apr 1877	Cloverdale, Sonoma Co., CA [20]
	In the this third letter from California, published May 8, 1877, Riley laments moving to California: "I have been repeatedly asked "How do poor men make a living in California?"- Answer: "They don't live at all--they just breathe a little....Thousands of the citizens of California would gladly return east if they could get the means to do so Men are dally passing through Cloverdale begging for work and food, having been brought here by false friends and lying periodicals." One can argue that Riley's initial glowing letters from California to his friends in Kansas are "lying periodicals." Riley and Martha left California for the Washington Territory roughly a month after this letter was written.
		A gloomy picture of California 1877 In this third letter from California to the editor to in The Osage County Chronicle, Riley laments moving to California: "I have been repeatedly asked "How do poor men make a living in California?"- Answer: "They don't live at all--they just breathe a little. Boarding costs $5 per week, a good pair of boots $16, womens' fine shoes $12 per pair, at the shoe shops. Most all labor on the roads, in the woods, in the fields, in the hotels, wash-houses, cooks and servants of all kinds, is performed by Chinese and Digger Indians, as these can be hired at about half the wages necessary to keep a white man or woman alive. The Chinese pervade all parts of the coast, and they virtually constitute a system of slavery about equal to that in the Southern States. I am now fully prepared to say to every well-to-do man or woman in Kansas, stay where you are, unless you want a whistle; if you do, it's here for you, and a very dear one at that. ....Thousands of the citizens of California would gladly return east if they could get the means to do so Men are dally passing through Cloverdale begging for work and food, having been brought here by false friends and lying periodicals." One can argue that Riley's initial glowing letters from California to his friends in Kansas are "lying periodicals." Riley and Martha left California for the Washington Territory roughly a months after this letter was written.
EVENT	22 May 1877	Seattle, King Co., WA
EVENT	Riley and Martha arrive in Seattle per the news article below.
EVENT	12 Jul 1877	Seattle, King Co., WA [21]
EVENT		Hoskinsons move to Washington Territory 1877. Riley's first letter to friends in Kansas from Washington Territory after leaving California. "We left California on the 18th of last May and reached Seattle, in Washington Territory, in four and one-half days. Came on board an ocean steamer. Seattle is a live town of 4.000 inhabitants; business driven with a rush, lumber and coal being the principal article of trade. These, and especially the coal, seem inexhaustible...Work is plenty and wages good; society of the best. Good schools and good churches well attended. More there is a Sabbath, at least to the majority of the citizens (In his letters to Kansas, Riley was very critical of Californian's neither resting nor attend church on Sunday)...,The soil is deep, rich sand, water of the best, towers on every hillside, climate very mild and the temperature equal. It makes me feel that to live is a pleasure. We have bought 33 and 68-100 acres of excellent land two and one-half miles distant from Seattle, for 8325.00 and expect to build us a shanty and move into it at once....One item of interest I notice is that nearly everybody seems to be in good health and fine spirits, while in California the healthy looking ones were the exception, not the rule." The land here is almost certainly the same land Riley offers for sale six months later in Jan 1878 in preparation for moving to Bainbridge Island.
EVENT	27 Aug 1877	Seattle, King Co., WA [22]
EVENT		Letter from Washington Territory Aug 1877 In this second letter to friends in Kansas dated Aug 27, 1877, Riley talks about his early days in Seattle, particularly his agricultural success on their land in Smith's Cove. Riley's letter suggests a paradise: "This is truly a pleasant place to live; society of the best, business brisk, climate very equable, temperature rarely in summer descending below 50° or ascending above 80°. No storms of any kind and seldom wind enough to carry a sheet of paper. Light rains all the summer at intervals of a few days. Vegetation green and lovely all the time. Things in the vegetable line grow as if by magic. In twenty-seven days from planting we had lettuce and radishes fit for the table. In six weeks potatoes and turnips, sown June 19, are now six inches in diameter, and all other vegetables are growing in like manner. The fruit crop is enormous; it must be seen to be realized. Nearly every kind of fruit tree must be propped or break. Some specimens of sweet cherries measured 1-1/2 inches in diameter, strawberries from 5-1/2 to 9 inches in circumference. Most of the apples are now big and are very large, and those now ripe are very fine. Peaches and grapes do not thrive here, but are shipped in large quantities from California." The only downside he writes of..."The land is hard to clear, as the timber crop is very large and dense..."
RESI	1878	Bainbridge Island, Kitsap Co., WA [23, 24]
RESI	In 1878, Riley and Martha Hoskinson and their children, arrive at Eagle Harbor on the southeast side of Bainbridge Island, WA. The Hoskinsons claim 160 acres near a creek on the site where downtown Winslow (later renamed Bainbridge Island) will stand. This article and this article describe the family's early life in Winslow and the early development of the town.
EVENT	28 Jan 1878	Smith's Cove, Seattle, King Co., WA [25]
EVENT		Riley offers for sale his land in Smith's Cove 1878 "For Sale! VALUABLE LOT Of 33 1-2 Acres, LYING ON SMITH'S COVE, 2 1/2 MILES North of the Centre of Seattle. Sald land in beautifully situated, so as to command a view of a large portion of the Bay and Sound; has Spring of never-falling water; soil good, well adapted to the production of fruits and vegetables. Six acres are about half cleared. Said land is offered at $20 per acre." $20 and acre is over 10X was Riley paid for the land six months earlier per his Jul 12, 1877 letter to The Osage County Chronicle.
EVENT	6 Jun 1878	Eagle Harbor, Kitsap Co., WA [26]
EVENT		Hoskinson settlement in Eagle Harbor 1878 "Quite a settlement is springing up on Eagle Harbor, Kitsap county, about a mile and a half from Port Blakely. There are already six families located there, those of Messrs. R. M. Hoskinson, James Ryan, J. T. Hoskinson, W. C. Hoskinson, Mr. Reeves and Mr. J. C. Hornbeck....The Messrs. Hoskinson are experimenting. They have set themselves to the undertaking of demonstrating to the Puget Sound public and the world generally, the practicability of farming our fir and cedar uplands with profit. We predict the success of the experiment without doubt or hesitation." Not sure who the J. T. Hoskinson mentioned in the article is. A brother to Riley?
CENSUS	04 Jun 1880	Port Blakely, Kitsap Co., WA [27]
	Occupation: gardener
		1880 US Census: Port Blakely, Kitsap Co., WA, p 6B
EVENT	20 Mar 1882	Bainbridge Island, Kitsap Co., WA [28, 29]
		Homestead Certificate No. 1358 to Riley M. Hoskinson, Bainbridge Island, Kitsap Co., WA, 1882 This certificate apparently formalizes ownership of the homestead the Hoskinson's moved to in 1878 composing the "north half of the southwest quarter and the south half of the northwest quarter of section twenty-six in township twenty-five north of range two east of the Willamette Meridian in Washington Territory containing one hundred and sixty acres." Today this land would be north and west of the Bainbridge Island ferry terminal in Eagle Harbor, roughly centered on location of the present day Bainbridge Island Farmers Market. See plat map below. Interestingly the document is purportedly signed by Chester A. Arthur, President of the United Sates of America! Almost certainly signed on his behalf by S. W Clark, Recorder of the General Land office, instead.
		Plat map Bainbridge Island 1856 Original plat of the island from 1856. Sources indicate the Hoskinson's moved to homestead on the island in 1878 and were among its first settler. The Hoskinson homestead, described in the land patent above is highlighted in yellow of the map. Today this land would be north and west of the Bainbridge Island ferry terminal in Eagle Harbor, roughly centered on location of the present day Bainbridge Island Farmers Market.
CENSUS	Feb 1883	Port Blakely, Kitsap Co., WA [30]
	Unclear who C. J. Hoskinson is. Age and initials do not fit any of Riley and Martha's children. Could be a spouse of William. David apparently adopted by Riley and Martha (Fisher) Hoskinson because he joins family in this census and remains with the family through subsequent censuses. Occupation: farmer
		1883 Washington State Census: Port Blakely, Kitsap Co., WA, p 16
CENSUS	Feb 1885	Port Blakely, Kitsap Co., WA [31]
	Occupation: farmer 22 year old Mary E. Hoskinson must be Mary E. (Towler) Hoskinson, wife of William (Riley and Martha's daughter Mary E would be 34 in 1885)
		1885 Washington State Census: Kitsap Co., WA
CENSUS	May 1887	Port Blakely, Kitsap Co., WA [32]
	Occupation: farmer
		1887 Washington State Census: Port Blakely, Kitsap Co., WA
CENSUS	1889	Port Blakely, Kitsap Co., WA [33]
	Census must have been taken before April because it includes Riley's wife Martha (Fisher) Hoskinson who died in April 1899. Riley bizarrely listed as A. F. Hoskinson Occupation: farmer
		1889 Washington State Census: Port Blakely, Kitsap Co., WA, p 31
CENSUS	Jun 1890	Port Blakely, Kitsap Co., WA [34]
	Lists service as Commissary Sergeant, Co. G, 73 Illinois Infantry from 4 Aug 1862 to 12 Jun 1865. Also notes disability: "Hearing affected by shells."
		1890 US Veteran's Census: Port Blakely, Kitsap Co., WA, p 2
EVENT	2 Nov 1891	Eagle Harbor, Kitsap Co., WA [35]
EVENT		Married half a century 1891 "Mr. and Mrs. R. M. Honkinson, of Eagle Harbor, celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of their wedding Monday evening last. A very merry company met with them, and after offering congratulations and partaking of delicious refreshments made the worthy couple several costiy presents, a gold lined silver cup and saucer, s gold-headed cane and gold pen being among the gifts."
CENSUS	15 Jun 1900	Waycross, Ware Co., GA [36]
	Riley living with son Stewart Hoskinson's family. Riley's age is correct but birth year incorrectly listed as 1829. Should be 1819. Listed correctly as widowed No occupation listed Can read and write
		1900 US Census: Waycross, Ware Co., GA, sht 31B
Death	7 Nov 1905	Hoopeston, Vermilion Co., IL [1]
	Died at the home of his son Stuart F. Hoskinson, North Market street, at 4:50 Tuesday afternoon, of old age and dropsy after an illness of several months. Funeral services will be held at the home at 2 o'clock Thursday afternoon under the auspices of the I. O. O. F. lodge of this city. Rev. D. S. McCaslin officiating, followed by interment at Floral Hill cemetery.
		Obituary: Riley M. Hoskinson 1905
Burial	9 Nov 1905	Floral Hill Cemetery, Iroquois Co., IL [1]
Burial		Headstone: Riley M. and Martha Fisher Hoskinson
Person ID	I249	Main
Last Modified	12 Aug 2023

Family FISHER, Martha, b. 31 Oct 1819, Lawrence Co., PA d. 11 Apr 1899, Waycross, Ware Co., GA (Age 79 years)

Marriage 2 Nov 1841 Westmoreland Co., PA [1]

Notes

Edith Garrison and David Hill were apparently adopted by Riley and Martha. Edith first appears with the family as a two year old in the 1870 U.S. Census. She is curiously missing from the family in the 1880 U.S. Census. She then again appears with the family in the 1883 and 1885 Washington State censuses. David first appears in 1883 Washington State census as a nine year old, then again in 1885, 1887 and 1889.

Children

+	1. HOSKINSON, Stuart/Stewart F., b. 8 Jul 1944, Pennsylvania d. 19 Oct 1919, Island Center, Kitsap Co., WA [Birth]
	2. HOSKINSON, Eliza J, b. Abt 1845, Pennsylvania [Birth]
	3. HOSKINSON, Sarah E, b. Abt 1847, Pennsylvania [Birth]
+	4. HOSKINSON, Clarissa A, b. Abt 1849, Pennsylvania d. 4 Feb 1921, Redlands, San Bernardino Co., CA (Age 72 years) [Birth]
	5. HOSKINSON, Mary E, b. Abt 1851, Pennsylvania [Birth]
	6. HOSKINSON, Ida L., b. Abt 1853, Illinois d. 1936 (Age 83 years) [Birth]
+	7. HOSKINSON, William Cavosa, b. 26 Jun 1856, Rushville, Schuyler Co., IL d. 23 Jan 1922, Winslow, Kitsap Co., WA (Age 65 years) [Birth]
	8. HOSKINSON, George W, b. Abt 1858, Rushville, Schuyler Co., IL d. 28 May 1921, Richmond, Contra Costa Co., CA (Age 63 years) [Birth]
	9. GARRISON, Edith Jane, b. 30 Jan 1868, Wichita, Sedgwick Co., KS d. 30 May 1936, Seattle, King Co., WA (Age 68 years) [Adopted]
	10. HILL, David, b. Abt 1874, Kansas [Adopted]

Family ID F77 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 21 Jun 2023

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	Birth - Jan 26 1819 - Monongalia Co., WV
	Marriage - 2 Nov 1841 - Westmoreland Co., PA
	CENSUS - 16 Sep 1850 - Derry Township. Westmoreland Co., PA
	OCCU - ca. 1853 - Pennsylvania
	CENSUS - 1855 - Rushville, Schuyler Co., IL
	OCCU - 1857-1859 - Rushville, Schuyler Co., IL
	CENSUS - 21 Aug 1860 - Rushville, Schuyler Co., IL
	MILI - Jul 1863 - Rushville, Schuyler Co., IL
	CENSUS - 1865 - Rushville, Schuyler Co., IL
	CENSUS - 28 Jul 1870 - Burlingame Township, Osage Co., KS
	EVENT - 8 Feb 1871 - Burlingame, Osage Co., KS
	EVENT - 18 May 1871 - Burlingame, Osage Co., KS
	EVENT - 1 May 1872 - Burlingame Township, Osage Co., KS
	EVENT - 21 Aug 1874 - Burlingame Township, Osage Co., KS
	EVENT - 18 Dec 1874 - Burlingame, Osage Co., KS
	CENSUS - 01 Mar 1875 - Burlingame Township, Osage Co., KS
	EVENT - 5 Nov 1875 - Burlingame Township, Osage Co., KS
	EVENT - 28 Sep 1876 - Burlingame Township, Osage Co., KS
	EVENT - Oct 1876 - Cloverdale, Sonoma Co., CA
	EVENT - Apr 1877 - Cloverdale, Sonoma Co., CA
	EVENT - 22 May 1877 - Seattle, King Co., WA
	EVENT - 12 Jul 1877 - Seattle, King Co., WA
	EVENT - 27 Aug 1877 - Seattle, King Co., WA
	RESI - 1878 - Bainbridge Island, Kitsap Co., WA
	EVENT - 28 Jan 1878 - Smith's Cove, Seattle, King Co., WA
	EVENT - 6 Jun 1878 - Eagle Harbor, Kitsap Co., WA
	CENSUS - 04 Jun 1880 - Port Blakely, Kitsap Co., WA
	EVENT - 20 Mar 1882 - Bainbridge Island, Kitsap Co., WA
	CENSUS - Feb 1883 - Port Blakely, Kitsap Co., WA
	CENSUS - Feb 1885 - Port Blakely, Kitsap Co., WA
	CENSUS - May 1887 - Port Blakely, Kitsap Co., WA
	CENSUS - 1889 - Port Blakely, Kitsap Co., WA
	CENSUS - Jun 1890 - Port Blakely, Kitsap Co., WA
	EVENT - 2 Nov 1891 - Eagle Harbor, Kitsap Co., WA
	CENSUS - 15 Jun 1900 - Waycross, Ware Co., GA
	Death - 7 Nov 1905 - Hoopeston, Vermilion Co., IL
	Burial - 9 Nov 1905 - Floral Hill Cemetery, Iroquois Co., IL

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Photos » Slide Show		Portrait: Hoskinson, Riley Portrait of Riley taken by his son Stewart Hoskinson per imprint on stamped on verso: S.F. Hoskinson, Photos. Hoopeston, IL.
		Portrait of Riley and wife Martha (Fisher) Hoskinson Reprinted with permission of owner William McCabe from posting at findagrave.com.
		Riley M. Hoskinson and his wife, Martha (Fisher), ca. 1870

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